1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



421 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



■" Albany.— Hodfj/. — Tho honey season Is now vir- 

 tually over, and we have scarcely any of either 

 comb or extracted on hand. Grocers that bought 

 too much and are afraid to carrj' it over are now 

 turning: their stock ovei to us; but it don't amount 

 too much, and we can easily work It off. 

 May 23. Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



393, 395, and39T Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— Tiiere is a fair demand for 

 extracted honey, at 6@8c on arrival, with a small 

 supply on the market. Prices of comb honey are 

 nominal, at 12@1.5c for best white, with no choice 

 comb honey on the market. Demand for beeswax 

 is fair, witli a fair supplj' at 33@35c for good to 

 choice yellow Ch.vs. F. Muth & Son, 



May 24. Cincinnati, O. 



BuFF.iiiO.— JTtmej/.— The stock In market is pretty 

 well cleaned up with the exception of some odds 

 and ends. It is moving- off very slowly at irregular 

 prices. A liberal amount of fancy honey could be 

 placed here at 17@18c; choice, 14@l.5; common, etc., 

 ranging from 8@12c. Beeswax, 28@3Uc; fair to good, 

 22@25c. Batterson & Co., 



May 18. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— The demand is fair for 

 comb, supply nearly cleaned up. One-pound comb, 

 white, I5@16; amber, 10@14; extracted, 6@7i^. 

 Beeswax, 22@25. Clemons-Mason Com. Co., 

 May 17. Kansas City, Mo. 



uCHiCAOO.—Wodey.— Market dull, but offerings are 

 not large of the best grades of comb, which brings 

 about 17c; dark grades slow at 12@l3c; extracted 

 sells about as fast as it arrives, at from 6@9c. Bees- 

 wax, 25o. R. A. Burnett & Co., 

 May 18. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cleveland. — Ho/iey. — The demand for honey 

 seems to be somewhat firmer, hut prices are about 

 the same as In last issue. Beeswax is in fair de- 

 mand at 3uc. WiLLiAiiis Bros., 



May 18. 80 & 83 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



Boston.— Hojiey.- One- pound sections selling 

 froml2®15'": selling very slow, only a small amount 

 on liand. E.xtracted, 8@L0, fair demand. No bees- 

 wax on liand. Blake & Kxpley, 



May 19. Boston, Mass. 



San Francisco. — Honey. — New crop extracted 

 hone.v commencing to arrive in small quantities, 

 and same is of ver3' good quality. Stocks here are 

 still light, and we quote light amber, 7'/4@8c; am- 

 ber, 6@7. Of comb lioney our market is almost 

 entirely bare. Schacht, Lemcke & Steiner, 



May 13. San Francisco, Cal. 



Albany. — Ho/iey.— Market quiet, with no stock 

 and few sales, as usual in berry season. Beeswax 

 scarce, and wanted at high price, 28@3ti. 



May 30. H. R. Wright, 



326,338, 330, Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



St. Louis.— Hojiey.— Extracted honey arriving 

 more freely. Fair dematid. Comb, 10@i3; extract- 

 ed, 5V4@6H- Prime beeswax, 34 >ic. 



May 19. D. G. Tutt Grocer Co., 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honey.— A little fli'St-class comb honey 

 would se.l for 15c; ordinary lots from 11® 13c; ex- 

 tracted. 7@8. Beeswax, 2.5@26. M. H. Hunt, 



May 20. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— All of the old honey crop 

 is cleaned up. We look for the new honey about 

 the middle of July. Hamblin & Bearss, 



May 19. Kansas City, Mo. 



ROOT'S HIVES CHEAP. 



New Dovetailed, nailed up, complete for comb 

 honey, only $1.00 each. 



A. F. McADAMS, Couumbus Grove, O. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. Unsurpassed Honey Market. 

 BATTERSON & CO. Responsible, Reliable, 

 Commission Merchants, igtfdb and Prompt. 



Muth's 

 Honey 



In packages of )i, 

 X, 1, and 5 lbs., 



35c. per lb. 



If sent by mail, 

 add 17c for every lb. 



C.F.Mutti&Son, 



976-978 Oentr. Ave., 

 CIMOINNATI, OHIO. 



Caramels. 



BUGGIES at i Price 



CARTS & HABNESS 

 Top Buggy.. S37 



t95 Phaeton $54 



4 Piiss.Top Surrey. $47 

 «50 Road Wagon $25 

 $16 Koad Cart.. $8.25 

 Buggy Hame8s$3.85 

 $10 Buggy " $4.75 

 $30 Team " $12.50 

 Morgan Saddle$1.65 



u 



We Cut the 

 PRICES and 

 outsell ALL 

 ouin petitory. 



Ituy offac- 

 tory and save 

 Middleman's 

 profit. 

 Catalogue Free. 



S. BUGGY & CART CO. 



S'" S. liawreiire St., Cincinnati, 0. 



h'lease uieutiuii VjrL.KAMNua. 



June 25th. 



By my system of dequeening at the opening of a 

 harvest, I shall have :JOO tested Queens of the 

 leather-back strain of Italians for delivery about 

 J^une :?5. Prices, 75c each ; $7.50 per dozen. All 

 young and prolific; none o\er one year old. Book 

 Xour orders now; pay when queens arrive. 

 None will be sent out at these pjices before June 20, 

 nor after July 10. First come, first served. 

 A^. P. BROWIs, Box IG, Kew Smvrna. 

 Formerly of Huntington, Fla. " Fla. 



IF YOU WANT BEES 



that will just "roll" in the honey, try Moore's 

 strain of Italians, the result of 14 years' careful 

 breeding. Prices in June: Warranted queens, $1.00 

 each; 3 for *:i..5U. Strong 3-frame nucleus, with 

 warranted queen, $3.00. Safe arrival and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Those who have never dealt with 

 me, 1 refer to A. 1. Root, who lias purchased of me 

 over 600 queens. Circulai' free. 



ll-12d Aloriran, fendleton Co., Ky. 



Sections Still Lower! 



First-class S-to-the-foot one-piece white-poplar 

 sections; also 7-to-the-foot a.id 1% basswood, 

 all iXy^iX in. square. Prices, 5U0 either kind, 

 $1.50; lUdU, J2.7o; 2100, $5.25; 30U0 to .oOUO, $2.50 

 per M; .5(X)0 or more, $2.40 per M. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Samples free. Please give size 

 you want. Address 



O. H.TOWNSEND, Alamo, Kalamazoo Co., Hich. 



Kefererice, Michigan National Bank, of Kalamazoo. 



WANTED.— To e.\change for wax or offers, shal- 

 low extractlng-combs, 40c per set, including 

 supers for 8-f . L. hives. Wood-zinc honey-boards, 12c. 

 H. D. BuRRELL, Bangor, Van Buren Co., Mich. 



WANTED.— To sell about 20O c( lonies of bees- 

 guarantee safe arrival to Colorado, or similar 

 distance. E. Sandford, Nokomis, 111. 



